Here is a top tip for those of us who love sporting a fancy manicure, but are hopeless at it.

Go the easy (yet totally genius) route of painting your nails with your favourite base coat, then apply some striping tape on top and finish it off with a top coat to keep everything in place. It truly doesn't get easier than this, plus the end result is totally impressive. Here is the full how-to if you fancy giving this manicure a go.